What would you have done?
Discussion
Superflow said:
Around 15 years ago I was heading home late on passing through a local village when I heard a dull thud at the front of the car.Walking to the back of the car I see a cat with a name tag laying on its side clearly in distress as it kept trying to get up but couldn’t move.
With houses on both sides of the street and not wanting to be seen I made a quick grim decision I got back in the Mondeo dropped the driver’s window put it in reverse and listened for the crunch and rise of the back end.
I hope it worked as the following morning I avoided that route for obvious reasons.
Hope you’re proud of yourself, you sick With houses on both sides of the street and not wanting to be seen I made a quick grim decision I got back in the Mondeo dropped the driver’s window put it in reverse and listened for the crunch and rise of the back end.
I hope it worked as the following morning I avoided that route for obvious reasons.
.Did you have a lovely day after, while the little girl whose pet cat that was, cried her eyes out utterly devastated?
Some nasty b
d did that to my pet cat when I was 11 - just left her at the side of the road. She was only a year old and gave me so much happiness.It’s affected me to this day.
Thought this place was better than this, but it obviously attracts its fair share of heartless tossers.
Skeptisk said:
We were in Cromer yesterday (seemingly with half of Norfolk). We bought some fish and chips, as you do at the seaside, and sat on a park bench to eat them. We noticed that on the grass was a seagull. It was moving its head but otherwise lying still. If was obviously hurt badly. When we went to leave we got a bit closer and it looked like it had been hit by a car and its wing was broken, amongst other injuries. Clearly it couldn’t fly off and most likely was lying there waiting to die.
We debated what to do.
We didn’t think that the RSPCA or RSPB would send out people for a fatally injured seagull (which are not pets nor protected or rare).
Leaving it would probably doom it to a slow death or perhaps dinner for one of the local cats. On that basis we thought the humane thing to do would be to put it out of its misery. However there were a couple of mums with their kids in the park and we were worried of being accused of animal cruelty (plus I was a bit wimpy about having to do it as my wife and daughter would have expected me to do the deed).
In the end we just left it to its fate.
What would you have done?
Not read beyond the OP.We debated what to do.
We didn’t think that the RSPCA or RSPB would send out people for a fatally injured seagull (which are not pets nor protected or rare).
Leaving it would probably doom it to a slow death or perhaps dinner for one of the local cats. On that basis we thought the humane thing to do would be to put it out of its misery. However there were a couple of mums with their kids in the park and we were worried of being accused of animal cruelty (plus I was a bit wimpy about having to do it as my wife and daughter would have expected me to do the deed).
In the end we just left it to its fate.
What would you have done?
The spade of mercy or equivalent.
Not related , but the reason i’d never have another cat.
rossub said:
Superflow said:
Around 15 years ago I was heading home late on passing through a local village when I heard a dull thud at the front of the car.Walking to the back of the car I see a cat with a name tag laying on its side clearly in distress as it kept trying to get up but couldn’t move.
With houses on both sides of the street and not wanting to be seen I made a quick grim decision I got back in the Mondeo dropped the driver’s window put it in reverse and listened for the crunch and rise of the back end.
I hope it worked as the following morning I avoided that route for obvious reasons.
Hope you’re proud of yourself, you sick With houses on both sides of the street and not wanting to be seen I made a quick grim decision I got back in the Mondeo dropped the driver’s window put it in reverse and listened for the crunch and rise of the back end.
I hope it worked as the following morning I avoided that route for obvious reasons.
.Did you have a lovely day after, while the little girl whose pet cat that was, cried her eyes out utterly devastated?
Some nasty b
d did that to my pet cat when I was 11 - just left her at the side of the road. She was only a year old and gave me so much happiness.It’s affected me to this day.
Thought this place was better than this, but it obviously attracts its fair share of heartless tossers.
This is exactly why I did it you cannot win and a sick person would have finished it off with the jack(I didn’t because of the noise)sorry to hear about your pet it’s unfortunate these things happen at all.
Cats do that thing where they run out into the road, see your oncoming car, turn round and run back where they came from. They wait a second until you're closer then run out again directly under your wheels. Happened to me twice. I hit a dog on a motorbike once - it ran out barking at me from a farm, and a sheep on the Cat and Fiddle. The bike was worse off that time. I hit an owl a bit back, went back to check on it and it seemed dazed, so wrapped it in my jacket, put it on the passenger seat and was going to a local raptor centre. After about 10 minutes I felt a sense of being watched and turned to see the owl, recovered, watching me, just sat there on the passenger seat completely unfussed. I stopped and let it go near-ish the area I'd run it over.
popeyewhite said:
Cats do that thing where they run out into the road, see your oncoming car, turn round and run back where they came from. They wait a second until you're closer then run out again directly under your wheels. Happened to me twice. I hit a dog on a motorbike once - it ran out barking at me from a farm, and a sheep on the Cat and Fiddle. The bike was worse off that time. I hit an owl a bit back, went back to check on it and it seemed dazed, so wrapped it in my jacket, put it on the passenger seat and was going to a local raptor centre. After about 10 minutes I felt a sense of being watched and turned to see the owl, recovered, watching me, just sat there on the passenger seat completely unfussed. I stopped and let it go near-ish the area I'd run it over.
My friend had a very similar experience but he took the owl home and put it in his mums lounge. I made a right mess of the furniture and he let it go the next day as he knew it was well enough.Also, my dad’s friend hit a jack russell and put it on his lap to take to the vet, it came round and its teeth went through his ball sack. He didn’t ever find the owner, paid a fortune in vets bills and kept the dog for years after.
Caddyshack said:
My friend had a very similar experience but he took the owl home and put it in his mums lounge. I made a right mess of the furniture and he let it go the next day as he knew it was well enough.
Also, my dad’s friend hit a jack russell and put it on his lap to take to the vet, it came round and its teeth went through his ball sack. He didn’t ever find the owner, paid a fortune in vets bills and kept the dog for years after.
Great anecdote. Made me wince though.Also, my dad’s friend hit a jack russell and put it on his lap to take to the vet, it came round and its teeth went through his ball sack. He didn’t ever find the owner, paid a fortune in vets bills and kept the dog for years after.
rossub said:
Superflow said:
Around 15 years ago I was heading home late on passing through a local village when I heard a dull thud at the front of the car.Walking to the back of the car I see a cat with a name tag laying on its side clearly in distress as it kept trying to get up but couldn’t move.
With houses on both sides of the street and not wanting to be seen I made a quick grim decision I got back in the Mondeo dropped the driver’s window put it in reverse and listened for the crunch and rise of the back end.
I hope it worked as the following morning I avoided that route for obvious reasons.
Hope you’re proud of yourself, you sick With houses on both sides of the street and not wanting to be seen I made a quick grim decision I got back in the Mondeo dropped the driver’s window put it in reverse and listened for the crunch and rise of the back end.
I hope it worked as the following morning I avoided that route for obvious reasons.
.Did you have a lovely day after, while the little girl whose pet cat that was, cried her eyes out utterly devastated?
Some nasty b
d did that to my pet cat when I was 11 - just left her at the side of the road. She was only a year old and gave me so much happiness.It’s affected me to this day.
Thought this place was better than this, but it obviously attracts its fair share of heartless tossers.
I’m a cat person person myself, when my cat died a few years ago at the age of 21, I was distraught and still can’t bring myself to get another cat, but I understand that accidents happen, cats can run in front of cars with no warning.
If I found a cat that was dying after being run over, I’d struggle to put it out of its misery and would likely try to ‘help’ it, but realistically I know that the kindest thing to do would be to end its pain.
If me, I’d have pretended not to notice in the first place and would likely still pretend not to whilst thinking about it. Wife would notice and want to take it home. Our house is no stranger to recovering wildlife at times. But if it was in as bad shape as it sounds I’d probably not have agreed to take it home. Can’t imagine wringing its neck in a public place though 
. The gull, not the wife before someone makes the obvious joke.
. The gull, not the wife before someone makes the obvious joke.S366 said:
That’s a bit unfair on the poster, I’d like to think it was an accident and he didn’t actually target the cat in his car.
I’m a cat person person myself, when my cat died a few years ago at the age of 21, I was distraught and still can’t bring myself to get another cat, but I understand that accidents happen, cats can run in front of cars with no warning.
If I found a cat that was dying after being run over, I’d struggle to put it out of its misery and would likely try to ‘help’ it, but realistically I know that the kindest thing to do would be to end its pain.
I know he didn’t knock it down deliberately, but how did he know the cat was going to die if it had been taken to a vet? I’m a cat person person myself, when my cat died a few years ago at the age of 21, I was distraught and still can’t bring myself to get another cat, but I understand that accidents happen, cats can run in front of cars with no warning.
If I found a cat that was dying after being run over, I’d struggle to put it out of its misery and would likely try to ‘help’ it, but realistically I know that the kindest thing to do would be to end its pain.
The worst bit is making no effort to find out who’s it was, despite there being houses around. If it had a name tag, was there not a phone number on it? Someone who goes to the bother of getting a name tag, will also likely have chipped the cat, so take it to the vet instead of just running over it again, driving away and hiding from the area.
rossub said:
I know he didn’t knock it down deliberately, but how did he know the cat was going to die if it had been taken to a vet?
The worst bit is making no effort to find out who’s it was, despite there being houses around. If it had a name tag, was there not a phone number on it? Someone who goes to the bother of getting a name tag, will also likely have chipped the cat, so take it to the vet instead of just running over it again, driving away and hiding from the area.
So you pick up a dying cat and knock on doors saying "this your cat?"The worst bit is making no effort to find out who’s it was, despite there being houses around. If it had a name tag, was there not a phone number on it? Someone who goes to the bother of getting a name tag, will also likely have chipped the cat, so take it to the vet instead of just running over it again, driving away and hiding from the area.
If people are so concerned about their "pet" they shouldn't let them out to wander the streets, kill birds etc. (unless it's seagulls)
Skyedriver said:
So you pick up a dying cat and knock on doors saying "this your cat?
Anyone with a heart shouldn’t do what he did. If it’s still alive - straight to nearest vet.I was in the vet a couple of years ago and 2 young lads were in, having knocked down a cat and brought it in to try and trace the owner.
It’s horrible that it happens, but that’s what every owner would want to happen afterwards. Not double run over and just left on the road.
AdeTuono said:
Narcisus said:
Nethybridge said:
Of course it was, sent to a lovely couple who own a farm no doubt 
Oh no someone doesn’t believe me on the internet ! How will I ever sleep at nights worrying about it 
Some great posts on this thread. The suggestion the OP should at least have offered the injured gull a chip made me laugh.
Found an injured magpie in the garden some years back and we decided to put it out of its misery before a cat (or another cat) took an interest. Clubbed it several times till it stopped moving and then dug a hole and was in the process of burying it when it started flapping again. Ended up having to decapitate it. Not pleasant.
Found an injured magpie in the garden some years back and we decided to put it out of its misery before a cat (or another cat) took an interest. Clubbed it several times till it stopped moving and then dug a hole and was in the process of burying it when it started flapping again. Ended up having to decapitate it. Not pleasant.
Superflow said:
Around 15 years ago I was heading home late on passing through a local village when I heard a dull thud at the front of the car.Walking to the back of the car I see a cat with a name tag laying on its side clearly in distress as it kept trying to get up but couldn’t move.
With houses on both sides of the street and not wanting to be seen I made a quick grim decision I got back in the Mondeo dropped the driver’s window put it in reverse and listened for the crunch and rise of the back end.
I hope it worked as the following morning I avoided that route for obvious reasons.
I'm very glad you weren't the driver of the car that hit my cat back in the day.With houses on both sides of the street and not wanting to be seen I made a quick grim decision I got back in the Mondeo dropped the driver’s window put it in reverse and listened for the crunch and rise of the back end.
I hope it worked as the following morning I avoided that route for obvious reasons.
She survived and lived until she was 21.
There's at least a reasonable chance one of the residents of one of the nearby properties knew who the cat belonged to. Shame that wasn't your first thought instead of going straight to kill mode.
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